Pictured: Alex Meyer received the Harold S Ulen and Phil
Moriarty Awards at the 2010 Ivy Championships.
Photo Courtesy: David Silverman
PRINCETON, N.J. – The men’s swimming and
diving team placed second at the 2010 Ivy League Championships,
hosted by Princeton at DeNunzio Pool. Harvard totaled 1,341.5
points over the three days of competition, second only to
Princeton’s total of 1,552.5 as the Tigers captured their
19th overall league title.

The Crimson maintained its stronghold in the distance events, as
Alex Meyer took the title in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time
of 9:01.87, nearly nine seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.
Blake Lewkowitz took third in the event with a time of 9:10.87.
Robert Newell followed with a third-place finish in the 200
backstroke with a time of 1:47.09 and Jordan Diekema took eighth in
the event with a 1:52.07 result. Justin Davidson and Owen
Wurzbacher finished fifth and eighth, respectively, in the 200
breaststroke.

Niall Janney placed third in the 200 butterfly with a time of
1:49.12, and was followed closely by teammate Nicholas Tan who
placed fifth with a 1:49.98 final time.

Meyer was given two awards at the end of the meet as he received
the Harold S Ulen Award (career high point swimmer) and the Phil
Moriarty Award (meet high point swimmer). Michael Stanton, who took
the title in both the three-meter and one-meter diving
competitions, received the Karl B Michael Award, given to the
top-scoring diver at the meet.

Next on the schedule for Harvard are the NCAA Zone A Diving
competition March 12-14 in Piscataway, N.J. The NCAA Swimming and
Diving Championships take place March 25-27 in Columbus, Ohio.